So it’s Tuesday, you’re counting the minutes left in the day, let alone the week and if Friday had a phone number you’d be sexting it.  Thankfully, Saint Motel is here to answer your prayers with a little mid-week gift in the form of auditory awesomeness.  The four boys are sending you one-way ticket style straight into Spring with their track “Puzzle Pieces,” which coincidentally, will fit perfectly in your itunes collection. Since all of us self-proclaimed starving artists dig…

If you happen to be lucky enough to live in Denton (like I once was), then you already know what's happening this weekend. But for everyone outside of the ever-expanding musical mecca, this weekend is something to mark on your calendars with a big star. This Thursday, the small college town will be flooded with bands and music industry people for the third annual 35 Conferette. For years, many bands would stop in Denton on their way to South by…

An anthem like “#BETiGOTSUMWEED,” from a California rapper nonetheless, invites assumption. But despite the drawn-out vowels billowing throughout, ScHoolboy Q still manages to keep the smoke out of his eyes, and his lyrics. Q’s got a knack for anthems (check out “Figg Get Da Money” after the jump), and his show, a taste of which I got at Kendrick Lamar’s last month, is guaranteed to be funny, interactive, and as engaging a show as any I’ve seen in the past…

This Thursday I will be attending my first-ever LA dubstep show at The Music Box, and you should too! The headliner is Excision, whose song  “Swagga” with Datsik is the one you’ve most likely already heard (see video below). I think it's a perfect title for the song and dubstep in general, as it sounds like a mash up of the dirtiest techno and hip hop beats. And with all the wobbles and drops it's hard not to swagger around…